Blotter



J. KOMOROUS.

BLOTTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1919.

' 1,330,541 Patented Feb. 10,1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH KOIVIOEOUS, OF RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNGR T0 LPARISIANND'VELIY COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATIGN OF ILLINOIS.

BLOTTER.

Application filed May 22, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn KoMoRoUs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Riverside, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Blotters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates, more particularly,

to blotters of the variety employing a backing for the strips ofblotting material which are held thereon in a manner to permit them tobe readily removed therefrom and replaced by others, as desired; and myobject, generally stated, is to provide for the production of arelatively inexpensive and desirable construction of blotter structure.

Figure 1 is. a perspective view of a structure embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a similar view of the pad of blotter strips for cooperationwith the backing shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken at the line3-3 on Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrow; and Fig. 4, abroken section taken at the line 44 on Fig. 2 and viewed in thedirection of the arrows.

In the construction shown a backing for the blotter structure isrepresented at 11 this backing, by preference, being constructed ofcelluloid and formed with inwardly extending flanges 12 on its oppositeedges and preferably continuous throughout the length of the backing 11to afford channels for receiving a portion of a blotter pad such as thatrepresented in Fig. 2. The blotter pad referred to is formed of a strip13, preferably of relatively stiff material, such as cardboard, of suchdimensions that it will enter the channels in the backing 11, providedby the flanges 12, and telescope therewith as shOWn in Fig. 1. The strip13 carries a plurality of strips 14 of blotting material, securedthereto intermediate the lateral edges of strips 13 and 14 as by staplesrepresented at 15, which serve to hold together the strips abovereferred to, and at the same time permit of the telescoping of the padstructure with the backing 11 as stated, whereby a new blotter pad maybe substituted at will for one that has been used up.

If desired, the strip of material 13 may have any desired ornamental orlegendary matter to be exposed to view through the blotter-backing 11when the latter is transparent, which is an advantage especiallySpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

Serial No. 258,839.

for advertising purposes, the structure as shown permitting the samebacking to be used with different blotter pads, the strips 13 of whichbear different or the same legendary matter.

Certain of the requisites of a blotter-backing to render it commerciallyvaluable, are economy of structure, lightness, elasticity andadaptability for ornamentation and for the bearing of legendary matter.The use of celluloid as the backing 11 serves to cause the blotter topresent these characteristics to a highly desired degree, and it istherefore preferred that celluloid be used as the backing. Furthermore,by making the backing of celluloid it is not only very light in weight,but by reason of its springiness it will return to normal, flatcondition even when accidentally bent out of shape, which is verydesirable as the blotter should lie in flat condition when in use toinsure uniform blotting of the surface to which the blotter is applied.

It will be noted that the strips of blotting paper, in accordance withmy improved structure, are of such width that they overlap externalsurfaces of the flanges 12 0f the backing, this feature being ofimportance in a structure of this character not only because it permitsof the utilization of a blotter surface of relatively large areacompared with the backing, but also because it covers over the flangesof the backing, preferably entirely covering these parts, which isparticularly desirable where the backing is made of celluloid as thestrips of blotting material not only, by reason of the overlappedrelation between them and the flanges, tend to prevent the flanges fromdistorting, but also because they more or less cover up these flangesand hide them, thus making a neater construction. Furthermore, byextending the strips of blotting material over the flanges, as stated,the one using the blotter is apt to more readily center it on thewriting to be blotted, especially where the area covered by the writingis as large or larger than the area of the blotting surface.

Various alterations and modifications may be made in the structure shownwithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

1. A blotter structure comprising a back having inwardly extendingflanges at opposite edges thereof opening through an end of the backingand forming channels, and a blotter pad formed of a strip of materialadapted to telescope with said backing and extend into said channels,and strips of blotter material secured to said first named strip betweenthose edges of the latter which enter said channels and overlapping thesurfaces of said flanges exterior of said channels.

2. A blotter structure comprising a back having inwardly-extendingflanges at opposite edges thereof opening through an end of the backingand forming channels and a blotter-pad formed of a strip of relativelystifi material adapted to telescope With said backing and extend intosaid channels, and strips of blotter material secured to saidfirst-named strip between those edges of the latter which enter saidchannels and overlapping the surfaces of said flanges exterior of saidchannels.

JOSEPH KOMOROUS.

